What does it takes to become a psychologist in these fields?
what does it takes to become a psychologist in these fields:
# Offices of other health practitioners - $64,460
# Elementary and secondary schools - $58,360
# Outpatient care centers - $46,850
Please be specific Im positive the Elementary/secondary is dealing with young childern.
Answer:
I can answer for working in schools...
I am assuming you are talking about what schooling you would require in college. There are 3 levels of schooling to become a school psychologist - masters, specialist, and doctorate.
Once you finish your undergraduate degree in psychology, the masters degree requires somewhere around 2-3 years (maybe around 40-50 credit hours) and I don't believe most require a thesis (a final paper/research project that you present to the faculty) but may require a "final project" or a scaled down version of a thesis. A specialist degree requires about 3 years (60 credit hours) and you must do a thesis. I am not as familiar with what is required for a doctorate, but I believe you would also need to do a dissertation (an even bigger version of a thesis) and that the number of credit hours would also increase.
You obviously should like working with children. You would be doing psychological testing (IQ tests, personality tests, aptitude tests), assisting teachers with educational plans, leading meetings with the teachers and parents to help determine the best classroom/placement of students, and also running support or counseling groups and maybe even individual counseling.
This is a pretty broad overview... but I hope it helps.
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